Alex Enumah in Abuja
The senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye, yesterday suffered a setback as the Court of Appeal dismissed his suit challenging his sack from the National Assembly. A three man panel of the appellate court in a judgment delivered, upheld the decision of the Kogi State National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal which nullified the election of Melaye as Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District on account of manifest electoral malpractices.
Melaye had approached the Court of Appeal to set aside the majority judgment of the tribunal which nullified his victory in the February 23 senatorial election and ordered for a fresh election within 90 days.
In the appeal, Melaye claimed that the tribunal erred in law when it reached a decision based on hearsay to nullify his election.
He therefore asked the appellate court to set aside the tribunal’s judgment and upheld his election as Senator…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
